The question of relative autonomy of State in Poulantzas

Abstract

Thirty years ago more precisely, in the first half of 1968 , the young political scientist Nicos Poulantzas published Political Power and Social Classes in Paris. The appearance of this work surprised the international academic community, not only because its author had little more than thirty years, but also because this young researcher prematurely submitted a maturity work to his verdict. It does not seem exaggerated to describe Political Power and Social Classes in this way, when the general nature of this work is taken into account.